In an effort to better communicate with the travel community, the Defense
Travel Management Office (DTMO) is using direct email to push out important
information. You are receiving this email because your permission level(s) in
DTS designates you as a Routing Official (RO), Authorizing Official (AO), or
Defense Travel Administrator (DTA). If you are not an RO, AO or DTA, please
contact your Lead DTA to correct your permission level(s), which will remove
you from this mailing list. If you do not know the name of your Lead DTA, use
our Local Level Support lookup tool at:http://www.defensetravel.dod.mil/site/localSupport.cfm.
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Please be aware that President Trump has signed the National Defense
Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019, which includes an
immediate repeal of the authority to prescribe a reduced flat rate per diem
for long-term temporary duty (TDY) travel. As such, flat rate per diem for
long term TDY (+30 days) shall only apply for travel through midnight on
August 12, 2018. As of today, August 13, 2018, normal per diem rules,
including the following, apply:
— Lodging receipts are required for all lodging payments
— The actual cost of lodging not to exceed the full locality lodging per
diem rate will be paid
— The full meals and incidental expense (M&IE) will no longer be reduced by
75% or 55%

The eInvitations web site is a free web application service provided by the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, and is available to any Department of Defense or U.S. Government entity!

The site allows users to create and manage electronic invitations for events enabling the automatic recording of R.s.v.p. information from guests into one central location.

eInvitations can make managing your next event easier than you ever thought possible. Read what some of our users are saying about this service:

“Cuts down on the daily phone calls and emails!”

“This is saving me a ton of time and resources.”

“Great product, and it’s continually improving. Well done!”

“This system has decreased the amount of time I spend with my trusty color printer and increased the time I can focus on very important planning elements.”

“…provides a beautiful, professional product!”

What are the Features of the Site?

Simple, easy-to-use interface.

Video tutorials to show you how to get started.

Ability to choose the way you want the invitation to look by selecting images, colors, font sizes, and more.

Way to create a custom form to record the information you need from your invitation recipients.

2048 Bit encrypted to ensure your data is secure.

Option to share your R.s.v.p. data with co-workers.

Instant duplication feature for prior invitations to shorten the process.

…and much more!

What Do the Final Invitations Look Like?

eInvitations provides a professional and easy to use product for your invitees.

— As part of the Sailor 2025 focus to improve the quality and timeliness of
pay and personnel services across the Navy, effective 16 July, all Shore
supporting PSDs were directed to start using the Electronic DD 214 (eDD-214)
application via NSIPS Retirements & Separations Module. There are very few
exceptions (i.e., NSIPS and/or BOL being down at the time of separation)
where the hard copy DD-214 will be completed.

— PSD will complete, cradle to grave, eDD-214s for Local
Separations, Local Fleet Reserves, Local Retirements, and Active Duty for
Training Reservists (over 90 days of Active Duty), with few exceptions. PSD
will initiate the eDD-214 process and transfer, to the appropriate
separation activity’s PSD, the eDD-214 for all other Active Duty CONUS
Separations, Fleet Reserves, and Retirements.

— CPPA’s Responsibilities. To alleviate any last minute corrections to the
eDD-214, well in advance of the separation date (3 – 9 Months preferably),
counsel the service member on reviewing, updating, and correcting their
Electronic Service Record (ESR) in NSIPS as the eDD-214 pulls data directly
from the ESR. If there are any discrepancies when a eDD-214 Clerk at PSD
initiates the eDD-214 (i.e. Awards missing), the member, under the
“Discrepancies” tab must enter the information in the “Discrepancy Details”
section, upload the documented evidence in the “Attachments” section and
route it back to the eDD-214 Clerk. This significantly slows the process
and could have been averted if the ESR was updated prior to.

NOTE FOR AWARDS: Personal Awards, NAM’s and above, must be submitted to the
command’s NDAWS as no PSD has access to update those awards in the ESR.

In addition to the separation/Fleet Reserve/Retirement packages submitted in
TOPS, the following documents are required until changes to the NSIPS
Electronic DD 214 application are made:

— Directions for members using the eDD-214 functionality are posted on the
NSIPS main page, beneath the Training section titled User Productivity Kit
(UPK). In the UPK section, select RnS Training then DD214.

A three-position numeric code which indicates the Service member’s onboard status or a two-position alphabetic code which indicates the Service member is a prospective loss from or a prospective gain to an activity.

282 – Misconduct/prolonged unauthorized absence for more than one year desertion

283 – Misconduct/AWOL trial waived or deemed inadvisable

284 – Misconduct/convicted or adjudged a juvenile offender by a civil court during current term of active military service

285 – Initially adjudged a juvenile offender by a civil court during current term of active military service. Rescinded.

28B – Unfitness, frequent involvement in incidents of a discreditable nature with civil or military authorities

28E – Financial irresponsibility

28F – Established pattern for showing dishonorable failure to pay just debts

28G – Unfitness, an established pattern for showing dishonorable failure to contribute adequate support to dependents or failure to comply with order, decrees, or judgment of a civil court concerning support of dependents

290 – Desertion (court martial)

293 – General court martial

293 – Other than desertion (court martial)

294 – Special court martial

311 – Alien without legal residence in the United States

312 – Separation of members of Reserve components on active duty who, due to age, would be precluded from attaining eligibility pay as provided by 10 USC 1331.1337

370 – Released from EAD by reason of physical disability & revert to inactive status for the purpose of retirement under Title 10. USC Sections 1331 – 1337, in lieu of discharge with entitlement to receive severance pay

412 – Enlisted members of medical holding detachments or units who, upon completion of hospitalization, do not intend to immediately enlist or reenlistment in the regular Army

413 – To enter or return to college, university, or equivalent institution

414 – To accept or return to employment of a seasonal nature

415 – Early release of inductees who have served on active duty prior their present tour of duty

416 – Physical disqualification for duty in MOS

418 – Discharge of enlisted personnel in unspecified enlistment who complete 30 years active federal service and do not submit application for retirement

419 – Discharge of enlisted personnel on unspecified enlistment over 55 years of rage who have completed 20 years active federal service & do not submit application for retirement

41A – Apathy, lack of interest

41C – To accept a teaching position

41D – Discharge of enlisted personnel on unspecified enlistment who completed 20 years active federal service, do not submit application for retirement: commander determines discharge will be in best interest of the government

41E – Obesity

420 – Discharge for failure to complete Officer Candidate. School

420 – Discharge or release of individuals with less than 3 months remaining to serve who fail to continue as students (academic failure) at service academies

421 – Early release at Christmas will be issued as appropriate by Army & has been Included in separation edit table. Rescinded

422 – Early release at original ETS of enlisted personnel who have executed a voluntary extension. Rescinded

423 – Early release after original ETS of personnel serving on voluntary extension. Rescinded

424 – Separation at ETS after completing a period of voluntary extension. Rescinded

Good afternoon fellow admin folks. Just in case anyone wants an additional guidance on requesting MMPA access. Please review and give any inputs so I can make this better for those out there that are having issues following the MPA. Thank you all for your time and any opinions would be greatly appreciated.

If you or yours sailors need to purchase Microsoft products for school work,

or to work at home, please see the below links:

https://www.microsofthup.com/hupus/home.aspx?country_id=US

https://www.homeport.navy.mil/management/microsoft-hup/

Program Code:

ONE-NET: 7F8AE75AD7

You have to use a valid ONE-NET email to register for the Home Use Program
(HUP). And you can only download the Microsoft product to ONE home computer.
It is not transferrable to dependents unfortunately.

WASHINGTON (NNS) — Effective immediately, to minimize the disruption to the education of school-aged children and increase family stability, Navy has revised the delayed dependent travel policy for Sailors who are undergoing a permanent change of station (PCS) and have school-aged dependents.

In line with Joint Travel Regulations, when PCS orders have been issued, a Sailor’s dependents may perform PCS travel at a different time. The Sailor may also be authorized a housing allowance based on the location at which the dependents maintained a permanent residence, at the previously approved designated place or the old permanent duty station.

Sailors with school-aged dependents frequently request delayed dependent travel. Under the old policy, approval for requests to delay dependent travel were normally limited to the end of the current school term, which is usually the end of June or December (depending on the member’s detach date). The new policy allows Sailors with school-aged dependents to request delayed dependent travel until the end of the school year.

For questions on this updated policy, contact the Military Pay and Compensation Policy Branch via email at Nxag_n130c@navy.mil.